A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Vikram Seth

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition:: Softback and the spine remains undamage


A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. With 1,349 pages, the English-language book is one of the longest novels published in a single volume. A Suitable Boy is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India. The novel follows four families during 18 months, and centres on Mrs. Rupa MehraÕs efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, to a Òsuitable boyÓ. Lata is a 19-year-old university student who refuses to be influenced by her domineering mother or opinionated brother, Arun. Her story revolves around the choice she is forced to make between her suitors Kabir, Haresh, and Amit. The book explores themes of free will, suicide, race relations, and environmental destruction.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Vikram Seth

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition:: Softback and the spine remains undamage


A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. With 1,349 pages, the English-language book is one of the longest novels published in a single volume. A Suitable Boy is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India. The novel follows four families during 18 months, and centres on Mrs. Rupa MehraÕs efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, to a Òsuitable boyÓ. Lata is a 19-year-old university student who refuses to be influenced by her domineering mother or opinionated brother, Arun. Her story revolves around the choice she is forced to make between her suitors Kabir, Haresh, and Amit. The book explores themes of free will, suicide, race relations, and environmental destruction.